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  Apr 29, 2018

  Prisoners-Turned-Missionaries Describe Societal Barriers They Faced After Serving Their Time

  A former drug dealer who racked up hundreds of thousands of dollars dealing illegal narcotics all across the state of Colorado, Dennis Avila now knows what it is like to repeatedly beg people for a second chance after he was released from prison.

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  Apr 27, 2018

  TLC's New Series 'Lost in Transition' Features 4 Transgender Husbands Who Want to Be Women

  The cable network TLC will launch a new television docu-series next month that seeks to highlight the lives of four married couples in which the husbands have come out to the wives as transgender.

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  Apr 26, 2018

  Dozens of Iranian Christian Refugees Sue Trump Admin. for Denying Asylum Application

  A large group of Iranian refugees, which has been left in limbo in Austria for over a year, is suing the Trump administration after their applications for asylum in the United States under a special amendment designed to protect persecuted religious minorities were denied.

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  Apr 26, 2018

  Christian Group Urges Parents to Pull Kids From School to Protest LGBT 'Day of Silence'

  The American Family Association is instructing parents to keep their kids at home on Friday and participate in the "Day of Silence Walkout" in response to the LGBT National "Day of Silence."

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  Apr 26, 2018

  Megachurch Pastor Les Hughey Resigns After 7 Women Accuse Him of Sexual Abuse

  Arizona megachurch pastor Les Hughey has officially resigned as senior pastor at Highlands Church in Scottsdale, Arizona, after several women accused the church founder of taking sexual advantage of them decades ago as teenagers and young women.

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  Apr 26, 2018

  Franklin Graham, Paula White, About 200 Evangelical Leaders Tell Congress to Pass Prison Reform Bill

  Well-known evangelical leaders such as Franklin Graham, Paula White and Samuel Rodriguez are calling on members of Congress to pass bipartisan re-entry reform legislation that aims to provide federal prisoners with the training and rehabilitation they need to be successful once they are released back into society.

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  Apr 26, 2018

  What's the Worst Country Not Designated a 'Concern' by State Dept? USCIRF Answers

  The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom released its 2018 report Wednesday recommending 16 countries that should be designated by the State Department as "countries of particular concern."

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  Apr 25, 2018

  Conservatives Love and Liberals Hate This New Trump Nominee: 6 Reactions to Kyle Duncan

  It took seven months for the United States Senate to confirm Stuart Kyle Duncan to the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans but not without much anger and praise over President Donald Trump's decision to nominate him.

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  Apr 25, 2018

  Obama's Faith Adviser Criticizes 'Antagonism Toward Faith Groups' That Aren't Totally Progressive

  Speaking during a panel discussion Tuesday on "religiously motivated dissent," former President Barack Obama's faith adviser, Melissa Rogers, criticized some on the political left for for writing off people of faith who don't subscribe to a full "progressive package of policies."

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  Apr 24, 2018

  Christian Publisher: Google Blocked Our Ads Over Jesus, Bible References

  The head of a Lutheran publishing house has claimed Google will no longer accept advertisements related to the organization's website "because of the faith we express."